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TUMIVolt Conference - Charging the electric & digital mobility future

Messehaus – M4

Tuesday, 21 May 2019
09:00 - 17:30

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Let’s bring together what belongs together!

With the international high-level conference TUMIVolt, the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) sets the scene:

We build a new global market place for electric and digital mobility! Connecting mobility & energy providers, contractors, cities & urbanists, the public & private sectors as well as investors and donors.

Registration here: https://transformative-mobility.org/news/tumivolt [2] . Please direct your questions or interest to info@transformative-mobility.org [3]

 


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Pre-Summit Research Day

Transport Connectivity for Regional Integration

Messehaus – M3

Tuesday, 21 May 2019
09:30 - 18:00

The International Transport Forum (ITF), together with European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI), the US Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS), are pleased to announce the holding of a Research Day on “Transport Connectivity for Regional Integration”. This Research Day will be held in Leipzig, Germany on Tuesday 21 May 2019, in conjunction with the International Transport Forum’s 2019 Annual Summit (22- 24 May 2019).

 

Objectives

The objective of the Pre-Summit Research Day is to bring together top academics researchers and practitioners to present and discuss topics relevant to the Summit’s theme, providing highly valued input to the Summit’s core programme.

It is critically important that research results are brought into practice, especially considering the pace with which our transport system is currently evolving. The Research Day offers a great opportunity to exchange ideas not only between researchers, but also with representatives from governments, cities, and other decision makers.

 

Focus

While the 2019 ITF Summit on “Transport Connectivity for Regional Integration” will discuss connectivity in all of its dimensions (physical, institutional, digital, modal, operational) and will cut across individual/passenger travel and freight logistics and supply chains, the Research Day will limit its scope to specific topics. In particular, in order to plan their actions and investments for the coming years, policy makers need the input from researchers to provide knowledge and solutions on how to:

  • Harness the potential of transport innovation for better connectivity;
  • Ensure that connectivity solutions are sustainable and equitable;
  • Improve freight and logistics management;
  • Enhance regional integration through better air connectivity.

 

Draft Programme

 

Moderation of the Day: Tatiana Samsonova (International Transport Forum, OECD, France)

 

9h30-9h45: Welcome and Introduction of the Research Day

Young Tae Kim (International Transport Forum, OECD, France)

 

9h45-10:00: Connectivity for regional integration – challenges, opportunities, perspectives

Dr. Jaehak OH President, National Transport Strategy Planning – The Korea Transport Institute, KOTI on behalf of ITF 2019 Presidency Country

 

10h00-11h20: Innovation and New Mobility Services

Moderator: Clara de la Torre (European Commission, DG RTD) 

 

  • Strategies to better link rural areas to European and national transport networks by innovative public transport services

Alexander Nitschke (Ministry for Regional Development and Transport of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

  • Automated, electric, connected and shared urban mobility: New business roles for service provision and workforce training

Evangelos Bekiaris (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas/Hellenic Institute of Transport, Greece)

  • Development and demonstration of a block chain-based MaaS platform for smart mobility service implementation

Youlim Jang (Korean Transport Safety Authority, Korea)

 

11h20-11h40: Coffee Break

 

11h40-13h00: Sustainable Transport Solutions

Moderator: Karen Vancluysen (POLIS Network, Belgium)

  • National Transport Policy and Cities: Policy instruments and governance reforms for compact and connected urban growth

Catarina Heeckt (London School of Economics, LSE Cities, United Kingdom)

  • Economic viability for an innovative sustainable transport solution – used diesel bus conversion into electric bus

Kristīne Malnača (Transport and Telecommunication Institute, JSC Ferrus, Latvia)

  • Mobility budgets as a sufficiency approach in transport policy

Florian Lorenz (Lorenz Consult, Mobalance Research Consortium, Austria)

 

13h00-14h00: Lunch break

 

14h00-15h20: Freight and Logistics Management

Moderator: Robert Missen (European Commission, DG MOVE)

  • Transport connectivity barriers to regional integration: a complex network perspective

Agustina Calatayud (Inter-American Development Bank) and and John Mangan (Newcastle University)

  • Missing links for real world truck platooning

Wolfgang Schildorfer (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Department for Logistics, Austria)

  • Problems and solutions when establishing an urban multi-use transshipment terminal

Tale Ørving and Olav Eidhammer (Institute of Transport Economics, Norway)

 

15h20-15h40: Coffee Break

 

15h40-17h00: Air Connectivity

Moderator: Jagoda Egeland (International Transport Forum, OECD, France)

  • A Global Air Cargo Network Model for Connectivity Analysis

Alessandro Bombelli (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands)

  • Prospects of China' Aviation Liberalization and Impacts on Connectivity/Integration in East Asia and World

Tae Hoon Oum (WCTR Society, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Canada)

  • Measuring Air Connectivity: A Global model for policy-makers

James Wiltshire (International Air Transport Association, Switzerland)

 

17h00-17h30: Key points and conclusions of the Research Day

Tatiana Samsonova (International Transport Forum, OECD, France) with Sessions Chairs

Download the full agenda and background information:  

2019-04-11_ITF-Pre-Summit_Research-Day_Programme updated.pdf [4]

PDF icon 2019-04-11_ITF-Pre-Summit_Research-Day_Programme updated.pdf [5]

Participants are welcome to attend a reception organised by Leipzig Halle Airport starting at 18:00. Additional information on the program of the event, transport and registration can be found here: http://2019.itf-oecd.org/innovation-effectiveness-and-efficiency-humanitarian-air-cargo [6]

 

Practical Information

 

Date: The Research Day will take place on Tuesday, 21 May, one day prior to the official opening of the ITF Summit on Wednesday, 22 May.

Where: The venue for the Research Day is Leipziger Messe, Leipzig.

Who can attend: The event is aimed at researchers and policy makers involved in transport connectivity for regional integration questions.

All participants must be registered to the ITF Summit. Practical considerations depend on your current situation, as detailed below.

  • If you are registered to the ITF Summit, you can attend the Research Day at no extra cost, up to the capacity of the venue. Please email Caroline Alméras at itf2019researchday@gmail.com [7] . 
  • If you are not registered to the ITF Summit, a special registration fee of € 450 will apply. This will cover attendance at both the Research Day as well as the subsequent three Summit days. The fee covers meals (lunches and dinners, except the evening of 21 May) and transport during the Summit days (22, 23 & 24 May and airport transfer). To register, please email Caroline Alméras at itf2019researchday@gmail.com [7]. If space is available, you will receive in return a registration code to use on the ITF Summit registration portal: http://2019.itf-oecd.org/ [8].
  • if you are accepted as speaker or if you are a moderator/organizer of the Research Day, you will receive a complementary pass for the Research Day and Summit. If not received yet, please request the complementary pass to Ms. Assia Djahafi at assia.djahafi@itf-oecd.org [9] and register then on the ITF Summit registration portal http://2019.itf-oecd.org/registration [10] with the given code. 

Please note that there will not be a shuttle service to the venue, Leipziger Messe. The Leipziger Messe is easily accessible by public transport from the city centre and official hotels. More information here [11] .

ITF Summit badges will be ready for collection at CCL Registration Desk.

 

Contacts

 

  • ECTRI: Caroline Alméras, caroline.almeras@ectri.org [12]
  • ITF: Tatiana Samsonova, tatiana.samsonova@itf-oecd.org [13]
  • TRB: William Anderson, WBAnderson@nas.edu [14]
  • WCTRS: Lóri Tavasszy L.A.Tavasszy@tudelft.nl [15]; Thierry Vanelslander thierry.vanelslander@uantwerpen.be [16]

 

 


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Innovation, Effectiveness and Efficiency in Humanitarian Air Cargo

Organised by Akkon Hochschule, Leipzig/Halle Airport and Volga-Dnepr Group

Tuesday, 21 May 2019
12:00 - 19:30

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Akkon Hochschule, Leipzig/Halle Airport and Volga-Dnepr Group are pleased to invite you to an exciting and dedicated full-day workshop focusing on the needs of the International Humanitarian and Disaster Response Community.

 

Agenda

 

Block A 

12:00 - 16:00 (including a break): Learning & Workshop

  • Aviation standards in Humanitarian sector
  • Airport management in Humanitarian sector
  • Logistics for Emergency Medical Teams (EMT)
  • Logistics in Civil Protection Response
  • Private vs Public Sector QA panel

 

Block B 

17:00 - 19:30: “Open Planes” & Loading Demonstrations

  • IL76-TD-90VD and AN124-100 loading tours
  • Loading demo of EMT kits from German NGOs
  • Loading demo of SAR Helicopter (TBC)
  • Get together

Block A is a mixture of presentations, discussions, working groups and panels with facilitators from the academic community, the commercial sector and NGOs/government. Block B is designed to showcase the unique capabilities of the aircraft and technical teams, and also for the humanitarian community to network and ask questions of the private sector transport community. 

 

Practical Information:

 

Where: The venue is Leipzig/Halle Airport.

Who can attend: Any participant registered for the Summit.

How to register: Please indicate your interest in attending the event (either the whole event or Block B only) via the contact mentioned below.

Fee: There is no fee for this event.

Transport: Transportation will be provided. Details will be announced upon registration.

Security: Registered participants will be asked to send a copy of their passports to the event organizers prior to the event for security clearance reasons no later than 17 May 2019.

 

Contact:

Ms. Cornelia Duncan

Marketing Manager

Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG

Phone: +49 341 224 1167

Cornelia.Duncan@mdf-ag.com  [18]

 

 


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8th International Public Transport Forum

Public Transport: Promoting Connectivity in a Changing Environment

Messehaus – M1

Tuesday, 21 May 2019
12:00 - 19:00

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Welcome Lunch (12:30) Sponsored by MOLIT, Republic of Korea

 

Opening and Welcome Remarks (13:45) 

  • Vice Minister, MOLIT Republic of Korea
  • Young-Tae Kim, Secretary General, ITF

 

Photo Session (13:50)

 

Keynote Speeches (14:00) 

  • Ulf Middelberg, Management Director, Leipzig Public Transport Authority.   

Connectivity Masterplan for Leipzig and its Region

  • Jaehak Oh, President of KOTI, 

Korea’s Initiatives in Public Transport & Smart Mobility

 

Session 1 (14:30)

Travel behaviour change and shared mobility: Impacts on public transport  

Will travel behaviour change significantly in the next decade? Will public transport services change significantly in the next decade? How might demand for public transport services evolve in the next 10 years? How should public transport supply and regulation adapt?  

Chair: Andrew Jackson, Managing Director, Consulting Jackson Ltd.

Speakers :

  • Kiron Chatterjee, Associate Professor, University of West England

Travel Behaviour: What has Changed?

  • Regina Clewlow, CEO, Populus.ai

Weak signals and outliers – emerging behavior and how it might matter 

  • Joohwan Jung, CEO, Kakao Mobility 

Shared mobility in Korea: Impacts & social conflicts

Discussants: 

  • Clayton Lane, Mobility Specialist, WhereIsMyTransport
  • Robert Valkovic, Principal Transport Specialist, ADB
  • Tom Worsley, Visiting Fellow, University of Leeds

 

Coffee Break (15:50)

 

Session 2 (16.20)

Effective policy frameworks for responding to changing environments and demand

How have governments responded to changing demand on public transport systems to ensure they provide the services needed by citizens at affordable cost? What contracting arrangements have proved most successful and most flexible?

Chair: Guangzhe Chen, Senior Director, World Bank Group

Speakers:                                   

  • Ricardo Hurtubia, Professor, Universidad Catolica de Chile

The experience of reforming bus concessions in Santiago de Chile

  • Graham Currie, Professor, Monash University, Melbourne

Good practice in concessions for public transport

  • Nak Moon Sung, Chief Director, The Korea Transport Institute

Integrating Public Transport System in Seoul Metropolitan Region: Experience & challenges

Discussants:                                 

  • Hironori Kato, Professor, University of Tokyo
  • Dong Wook Cho, Vice President, Korea Smart Card Company
  • Jin -Hyuk Chung, Vice-chairman, Korean Society of Transportation 

Session 3 (17.40)

Regional connectivity: Public transport and strategic development

Public transport is lifeblood of employment markets. Investments in metro and rail systems can transform regional economies. But which kinds of investment deliver the biggest benefits what can research usefully bring to decision-making? 

Chair: Stephen Perkins

Speakers:                                   

  • Jean-Claude Prager, Director, Societé du Grand Paris, 

Le Grand Paris Express, autonomous regional metro, economic and urban impacts

  • Jin Hyuk Jung, Vice-chairman, Korean Society of Transportation 

Seoul metropolitan rapid railway: Impacts on people’s life & urban development 

  • Jooyeon Lee, Associate Research Fellow, KOTI 

15 years of KTX operation: Impacts and future direction

Discussants:                                 

  • Chia-Lin Chen, Professor, University of Liverpool. 
  • Emile Quninet, Professor, Paris School of Economics
  • Robert Guild, Chief Sector Officer, ADB

 

Practical Information:

 

Date: The 8th International Public Transport Forum will take place on Tuesday, 21 May, one day prior to the official opening of the ITF Summit on Wednesday, 22 May.

 

Where: The venue for the forum is Leipziger Messe, Leipzig.

 

Registration: If you are registered to the ITF Summit, you can attend the International Public Transport forum at no extra cost, up to the capacity of the venue. To confirm your attendance, please email Mr. Youngkook Kim at Youngkook.Kim@itf-oecd.org [20] to register for this Forum.

 

Please note that there will not be a shuttle service to the venue, Leipziger Messe. The Leipziger Messe is easily accessible by public transport from the city centre and official hotels. More information here [11] .

ITF Summit badges will be ready for collection at CCL Registration Desk.


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BMW Plant

Meet at Transport Information Desk, Level -1

Tuesday, 21 May 2019
16:45 - 18:15

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Walking tour of Leipzig - from16:45 and from 18:00

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Tuesday, 21 May 2019
16:45 - 18:15

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TRB International Cooperation Committee Mid-Year Meeting

Organised by the Transport Research Board

Hall 5, Level +1

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
08:00 - 11:00

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SuM4All Steering Committee

Organised by Sustainable Mobility for All

Messehaus – M2

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
08:00 - 10:30

Networking Event

Coffee at ITF Stand

Welcome morning coffee

ITF Stand

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
08:00 - 09:00

Session

Mobility as a Service (MaaS): Success factors for integrated mobility solutions?

ITF MaaS-terclass

Hall 2, Level +1

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
09:00 - 10:30

This “MaaS-terclass” will engage with participants to chart out the policy role in guiding the design and uptake of “Mobility as a Service” (MaaS).

Transport faces an enduring paradox – at peak hours and in the busiest areas, our cities and networks are both congested and awash with unused capacity. Against this backdrop are people who simply want to get from point A to point B in the most responsive, flexible, reliable and affordable way. As in other areas of their lives, users want to have the option to choose the most convenient ways and value their trip experiences.

Transport has been a siloed world of independent and separately operated and regulated services, but the future of urban mobility may now be more aligned with other “as-a-service” models where actors engage directly to access the services that provide them with the most value. The number of actors offering new transport services is growing as technology creates new possibilities in accessing shared resources, automating vehicle systems and connecting supply and demand. MaaS digitally joins up different transport, information and payment services into a smooth and reliable customer-driven experience. In this “MaaS-terclass”, we will explore role for policy in facilitating its implementation and uptake.

Key questions:
• What is Mobility as a Service? A product? A concept? An ecosystem?
• What is the core value proposition that MaaS can deliver to people?
• How well positioned are service providers to deliver on that proposition?
• Where is MaaS today? Where might it be tomorrow?
• Are there key areas where concrete policy action (on standards, on regulation, on legal aspects, on the allocation of space…) can overcome roadblocks to broad adoption of MaaS?
• What principles should be embedded in the regulatory framework around MaaS?

Philippe Crist

Administrator and Programme Manager
International Transport Forum

Philippe Crist is Advisor for Innovation and Foresight at the  International Transport Forum (ITF) at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). He coordinates the research of the ITF’s Corporate Partnership Board and manages international research projects for the ITF’s 59 Member countries. His current work focuses on disruptive urban mobility scenarios and examines how car-based and active mobility, public transport and taxis must adapt to these. He is also leading work on Data science and public policy within the ITF investigating new strategies to leverage knowledge derived from new and rapidly growing data sources to improve transport decision-making. In 2016 he won the Danish Cycling Embassy's Leadership Award for Cycling Promotion. His other work currently looks at managing mobility in rapidly growing urban areas, assessing GHG emission strategies in the transport sector, as well as investigating national transport asset and network management strategies. He also does much of his best thinking on a bicycle.

Timothy Papandreou

Founder
City Innovate

Timothy is a key advisor and thought leader on the future of transportation and automation, with a strong track record to deliver innovative multi-modal transportation and land development projects. He is the Founder of City Innovate, a smart city accelerator. Timothy was the Strategic Partnerships lead at Waymo/Google X, helping commercialise a Moonshot company while being fully immersed in AI with the world's most experienced automated vehicle technology. Prior experience includes Chief Innovation Officer for San Francisco’s transportation agency, leading the US Smart City Challenge, the agency’s Strategic Work Plan that met its 50% private auto/50% sustainable mode share goal 3 years early and the Vision Zero traffic safety programme.

Krista Huhtala-Jenks

Head of Go-to-Market, Head of Ecosystem & Sustainability
MaaS Global

Krista Huhtala-Jenks has been working on developing the revolutionary Mobility as a Service concept for several years. At MaaS Global, the world's first true MaaS operator with its Whim service, Krista leads a dual role as the Head of Go-to-Market, and Head of Ecosystem & Sustainability. She focuses on rapidly expanding Whim to new markets, working closely with all stakeholders interested in making MaaS a reality. Having previously worked on MaaS policy and legislation at the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications she strongly believes that MaaS is the win-win solution for people's mobility needs and the society. Besides her day job, Krista moonlights as a hard core metal head.

Karen Vancluysen

Secretary General
Polis Network

Karen Vancluysen was appointed as Secretary General of the Polis network in September 2014, after having been the network's Research Director for 8 years. Since 1998, she has been involved in European urban transport networking and policy activities and many EU research and innovation projects covering a wide range of urban mobility topics. Polis is the leading European network of cities and regions focussing on urban transport innovation. For 30 years already, members have been working together to develop sustainable and innovative urban mobility solutions for the city of today and tomorrow. Polis supports the exchange of experiences between European local and regional authorities, facilitates the dialogue with other actors of the transport sector, including industry and research, and acts as the urban mobility voice of its members towards the European institutions. The network engages in debates around topical issues such as MaaS, automated transport, electromobility, and shared mobility services.

Paulo Humanes

Head of Strategic Global Business Development
PTV Group

Paulo Humanes is Head of Global Strategic Business Development at PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG, a German company specialising in software solutions and consulting services for traffic and transportation, mobility, and logistics. His international career includes over a decade in the UK in transport planning with Stirling Maynard and as Technical Director in Jacobs Consulting, he has an extensive background in transport planning and modelling. A passionate transport professional, he is interested in the future of mobility and how it will impact lives, businesses, government, and cities. He is also an Advisory Board Member of Newcastle University. In his role with PTV, he applies his expert knowledge in traffic and transport planning in his work with governments, businesses and cities, helping them to rise to future challenges and develop better, greener and safer transport solutions on local, regional, national and global scales. A Portuguese national, Paulo speaks six languages fluently.


Panel Session

Prosperity through connectivity: Tourism and regional sustainable development

Hall 3, Level +1

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
09:00 - 10:30

This panel will examine the impact of increased connectivity on tourism growth and sustainable development. Specifically, it will showcase examples of where tourism has increased as a result of improving connectivity. Tourism has experienced steady growth in the last decade and this trend is expected to continue, with an average annual increase of 3.3% in international tourism forecast by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Improved transport connectivity facilitates more tourism, especially in remote areas and on islands. Yet unchecked growth in the number of visitors can bring negative impacts such as depleting resources, increasing CO2 emissions, and higher living costs for people residing in the area. Tourists also have different mobility needs from those of residents, and peaks in tourist traffic can disrupt services for locals.

Key questions:

  • How can tourism support local economies (e.g., agro- tourism, small- and medium-sized enterprises, local products)?
  • Can the mobility needs of tourists and local residents align?
  • How can sustainable tourism deal with the problem of seasonal peaks?

 

Ali Aslan

TV host and journalist

Ali Aslan is an international television presenter, moderator and journalist. His career has included working for global news networks such as CNN, ABC News, Channel News Asia and Deutsche Welle TV.

Adrian Gane

Director of Government and Industry Affairs
Etihad Airways

Mr. Adrian Gane has been Regional General Manager in Sales, at Etihad Airways since July 2012. Mr. Gane is currently CEO of a major lobbying organisation in the UK, and a senior Government Affairs Director and advisor with Etihad Airways based in Abu Dhabi. Mr. Gane served as Managing Director of Amadeus Gulf from April 14, 2011 to July 2012. He served as Commercial Director and a Member of the Management Board at OnAir Switzerland Sarl since February 2006, with extensive commercial and political experience gained in a variety of roles held internationally (Far East, Middle East, Europe) and in the UK.

Angus McKenzie

Councillor
City of Cape Town

Angus Mckenzie has joined the government as a councillor of the city of Cape Town since August 2016.

Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson

Minister of Transport and Local Government
Iceland

Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson is the Minister of Transport and Local Government of Iceland. He has been in this position since 2017. He is also the Minister for Nordic Co-operation and Chairman of the Progressive Party.

Alain Dupeyras

Head of the Regional Development and Tourism Division
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

As Head of the Regional Development and Tourism Division in the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, Alain Dupeyras oversees OECD work on tourism, on rural policies and on other regional and territorial issues. Alain works closely with Members and Partners, the private sector and other international organisations to develop policies that address major challenges in all these policy areas. The Tourism Committee [21], the  Regional Development Policy Committee [22], and the Working Party on Rural Policy [23] are key OECD fora to assist governments in the assessment and improvement of these policies.  Through the Working Party on Tourism Statistics [24], Alain also contributes to an improved measurement and analysis of tourism services.

Jaehak Oh

President
The Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)

 Dr. Oh obtained his PhD degree for transport studies at University College London in 1990. Since 1992, he has been working for The Korea Transport Institute (KOTI). Dr. Oh was Vice President and Director of National Transport Strategy Planning at KOTI during 2011 to 2017. During the last 27 years, Dr. Oh has project managed more than 70 of KOTI’s transport projects. During 2006 to 2011, He was the project manager of the national R&D, “Transport Connectivity and Transfer technology Development.” He has played a key role in innovating transport systems for green growth and formulating infrastructure policies for the Korean government. Since 2009, Dr. Oh has been the research project manager of High-Speed Rail(KTX) economic development which aims to promote regional and urban development through KTX station area development. At present, he is a SC Member of WCTR-Society and an Editorial Board Member for the WCTR Journal of Transport Policy. Also, Dr. Oh is Chairperson of International Scientific Committee of EASTS(East-Asian Society of Transportation Studies).  


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Meeting of the Ministers of Transport and Heads of Delegation from the BSEC Member States

Organised by the Black Sea Economic Cooperation

MPA3, Level 0

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
09:00 - 10:00

Open Stage Café

Open Stage Café

ITF Stand

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
09:00 - 11:00

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EU Africa Task Force on Connectivity

Organised by the European Commission

Messehaus – M1

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
09:00 - 18:00

Session

Towards safe, efficient and sustainable road freight transport – infrastructure and vehicle fleet perspective

ITF in Focus Session

Hall 4, Level +1

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
09:00 - 10:30

Road freight transport is forecast to continue to grow substantially in most countries. The anticipated increase in infrastructure capacity will not, on its own, be sufficient to accommodate projected traffic levels at socially acceptable cost. Approaches that relate to both, the vehicle fleet and the infrastructure are needed. Using high capacity vehicles (HCVs) is one of the most efficient measures to absorb some of this growth and to reduce CO2 emissions. In hand with this come new policies for extending the life of road assets. 

This session is based on recently published ITF-reports which are results from two working groups: Policies to Extend the Life of Road Assets, By mitigating deterioration caused by trucks (PELRA) and High Capacity Transport: Towards Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Road Freight.

The session examines international experience with HCVs and discusses policies to extend the life of road assets by mitigating the road infrastructure wear. Measures designed to improve the environmental performance of road freight can often contribute to longer life span of road assets. The consequences of these approaches on other transport modes, industry and society are discussed. 

 

Loes Aarts

Senior Advisor Freight Transport
National Road Administration Rijkswaterstaat

Jointly responsible for the strategic agenda of the road administration on transport and logistics. The current focus is on network use optimization and sustainable freight transport.

Involved in policy-making on weights and dimensions of commercial vehicles and in the assessment of Field Operational Tests with automated and cooperative vehicles on public roads. Loes Aarts is President of the International Forum for Road Transport Technology (IFRTT) and former chair of the OECD-ITF working group Policies to extend the life of road assets.

Alan McKinnon

Professor of Logistics
Kühne Logistics University Hamburg

Alan McKinnon is Professor of Logistics in the Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg. A graduate of the universities of Aberdeen, British Columbia and London, he has been researching and teaching in freight transport / logistics for 40 years and published extensively on many different aspects of the subject.  Much of his research in recent years has been on the decarbonisation of logistics. Professor McKinnon has been an adviser to several governments, parliamentary committees and international organisations, including the ITF/OECD, the World Bank, European Commission, the United Nations and the IPCC. He was chairman of the World Economic Forum’s Logistics Council and the Transport Advisory Group of the EU Horizon 2020 research programme. 

Jerker Sjögren

Consultant
Jesjo Konsult

Jerker Sjögren is economist (Umeå University/School of Economics, 1972). He has a long career within both public and private sector as management consultant or head of different organizations. Since beginning of 2016 Jerker Sjögren is an independent consultant within his own company, Jesjo Konsult. From March 2011 Jerker Sjögren has been responsible for building up and operating CLOSER, a new Swedish arena for transport efficiency, focusing on innovation and research. High Capacity Transport (HCT) is one of three focus areas for CLOSER. Since 2015 Jerker Sjögren has been chairman for the ITF/OECD working group on HCT. Jerker Sjögren was earlier Senior Adviser at the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications responsible for strategic logistics issues and coordinator of the Swedish Logistics Forum.

Miglé Blusevičiūtė

Policy Manager
CLECAT (European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customs Services)

At the European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customs Services (CLECAT), Ms Miglė Blusevičiūtė is focusing on road and maritime transport policy issues at the European level, aiming to integrate sustainability aspects into logistics supply chain. Prior to that, Miglė worked on environmental and sustainability issues pertaining to road transport at the European headquarters of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and also as a consultant for Hyundai Motor Europe. Holding a Master’s degree in EU policy studies, she gained experience at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market and Industry, as well as the World Trade Organisation.

 

Christopher Walker

Associate Dean, University Relations
Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)

Responsible for executive leadership and strengthening relations with partner universities involved in the research and teaching of public administration, public sector leadership and research into public policy and regulation. Chris has had a 20 year career in the Australian public service working in senior executive positions in health, transport and central agency portfolios. Chris’s PhD examined regulatory reform in the Australian trucking sector and current research examines the international transfer of models of road transport regulation, as well as the implications of digital regulation and compliance in the road transport sector.


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Commuter Mobility – Collaboration for New Intermodal Solutions

Organised by Volkswagen Sustainability Council

Messehaus – M6

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
09:30 - 12:30

Today, commuting is a major challenge for cities, companies, and their employees. It is becoming increasingly severe due to human settlement and mobility patterns, congestion, absence of sufficient public transport, driving bans in cities and many other factors. Only a joint effort of affected cities, mobility solution providers, companies, science, and the commuters itself can solve this problem. To balance these heterogeneous interests, it requires a broad dialogue addressing the following question: How can the involved parties cooperate to develop new sustainable and intermodal mobility solutions for commuting? 

 

To discuss this question and learn from existing best practices, the Volkswagen Group’s Sustainability Council brings together the perspectives of city authorities, commuters, and mobility providers. 

 

You want to join the event? Please apply via email to Ms. Pauline Sprenger, Office of the Sustainability Council: pauline.sprenger@volkswagen.de [25]. Please point out your interest and professional relation to the topic

 

 

 

 


Closed Event
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TUMI Challenge Winner Workshop

Organised by TUMI

Messehaus – M8

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
10:00 - 12:00

Ministerial Event
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Transport and climate: moving forward from COP24

Ministers' Roundtable - closed session with restricted participation

MPA2, Level 0

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
11:00 - 12:30

The 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Katowice, Poland delivered the Katowice Rulebook, implementing the Paris Agreement. This important moment marks the beginning of a process where countries need to start stepping up actions for climate protection and to define a clear policy pathway, especially for transport, where it remains one of the most challenging sectors to decarbonise.  Currently, only 60% of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) have included any kind of transport measures and these measures often lack a comprehensive approach to address the challenges in reducing carbon emissions in passenger and freight transport.  In addition, there are many other transport initiatives that have not been captured in NDCs, especially in emerging economies, where NDCs are often not aligned with national transport plans.  It is recognised that governments will continue to have a significant role to play and the policies they implement will determine the direction of where the sector and its many stakeholders need to go.  The transport sector has to start acting fast to provide the enabling framework for the sector to scale up action, by using available cost effective solutions to significantly reduce transport emissions, create co-benefits and change behaviour through the provision of reliable, safe and affordable services at the same time. 

This roundtable serves as a platform for transport Ministers to focus on some of the above mentioned issues with leaders in the private sector and international organisations.

 

Joint Statement of Ministers participating in the Ministers’ Roundtable on Transport and Climate: Moving forward from COP 24 at the International Transport Forum’s Annual Summit on 22 May 2019  

Joint Statement_TransportandClimate.pdf [26]

PDF icon Joint Statement_TransportandClimate.pdf [27]

 

 

Melinda Crane

Moderator, Chief Political Correspondent, Deutsche Welle-TV

Melinda Crane is Chief Political Correspondent at Deutsche Welle-TV and hosts the talk shows "Quadriga" and "People and Politics" She was Senior Producer of "Global Players" on CNBC. She has moderated a wide variety of podium discussions and conferences for public organisations and private sector clients. Among her areas of expertise are transatlantic politics; women, family education issues; climate and environment; business and economics; new media and the internet. Crane holds a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School and a Doctoral Degree in political economy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Stientje van Veldhoven

State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management
The Netherlands

Stientje van Veldhoven began her career in 1997 as personal assistant to Elly Plooij van Gorsel, a member of the European Parliament for the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). From 1999 to 2003 she served as an innovation policy officer at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. From 2003 she worked at the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the European Union as first secretary for research policy and as scientific and technological attaché. In 2007 Ms Van Veldhoven became a policy advisor at the European Commission, focusing on the coordination of intergovernmental initiatives. From 2009 to 2010 she was unit coordinator for the Zuidvleugel Randstad region at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. On 17 June 2010 Ms Van Veldhoven became a member of the House of Representatives for Democrats ’66 (D66), with policy responsibility for issues including sustainability, mobility, climate and energy, development cooperation, and agriculture, nature and food quality. From 2012 to 2017 she served as a member of the presidium and secretary to the D66 parliamentary party. On 26 October 2017 Stientje van Veldhoven was appointed State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management in the third Rutte government.

François Davenne

Deputy Director General
International Union of Railways (UIC)

François Davenne, a graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications d’Evry in 1988 and of the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) in 1999, has always promoted interdisciplinarity as a key factor for success. After experience in international satellite telecommunications, his first assignments were in the housing sector and required strong financial and legal skills. He was involved in policy and regulation of the sector, and managed key operational programmes, in particular for the city of Paris. After three years in the French Ministry of Transport working on railway safety and regulations, with the emphasis on European regulations, he was elected Secretary General of OTIF in 2012, where, since 1 January 2013, he has promoted interdisciplinarity and partnership building to expand the uniform regulations for international carriage by rail. He’s currently Deputy Director General of UIC, the International Union of Railways. He will become Director General of the organisation end of June 2019.

 

Umberto de Pretto

Secretary General
International Road Transport Union (IRU)

Umberto de Pretto is the Secretary General of the International Road Transport Union (IRU). He joined the IRU in 1995 as Head of Economic Affairs. He then became Policy Coordinator and Head of Strategy, and was appointed Deputy Secretary General in 2002. His vision looking forward to 2020 is that the IRU will lead the road transport industry in embracing innovation and making sure that the industry is ready for the challenges and opportunities ahead. After graduating from Ottawa’s Carleton University in Political Science, Economics and International Relations, he worked as a Legislative Assistant for Ministers and Members of the Canadian Parliament and then moved to Paris in 1992 to take on the position of Head of the Transport Division, to be shortly afterwards named Deputy Director of the International Chamber of Commerce, responsible for International Commercial Practices and Techniques.

Erik Jonnaert

Secretary General
European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA)

Erik Jonnaert is the Secretary General of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), a position he has held since July 2013. Prior to his ACEA appointment, Mr Jonnaert was Procter & Gamble's (P&G) Vice President for External Relations in Europe and Asia. Mr Jonnaert began his career at Linklaters law firm, before moving on to gain over 25 years of public and regulatory affairs, communications, and stakeholder relations experience in various leadership roles at P&G. In addition to his ACEA posting, Mr Jonnaert is currently chairman of the steering committee of EATA, the European Automotive and Telecom Alliance, which aims to accelerate the deployment of connected and automated driving. Jonnaert is also on the Supervisory Board of ERTICO (advocating intelligent mobility solutions) and on the Board of the Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Alliance. A Belgian national, Mr Jonnaert holds masters in law from the University of Ghent, Belgium and from Harvard Law School, USA.

Violeta Bulc

European Commissioner for Mobility and Transport
European Commission

Violeta Bulc is the European Commissioner for Mobility and Transport. She has been appointed to the office in November 2014. As Commissioner, Ms Bulc has placed priority on digitalisation and innovation in transport. Ms Bulc brings a diverse set of expertise and professional experiences to the role. Immediately prior to her appointment to the European Commission, she was the Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia, with ministerial responsibility for development, strategic projects and cohesion. From 2013 to 2014, Bulc was Chief of the Program Committee of the SMC Party, Slovenia. She was also CEO of Vibacom Ltd, Sustainable Strategies and Innovation Ecosystems from 2000 to 2014. Between 1999 and 2000 she was Vice-President of Telemach, a telecommunications provider. A Slovenian citizen, Violeta Bulc earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Informatics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, as well as a Master's degree in Information Technology at the Golden Gate University of San Francisco.

Abdelkader Amara

Minister for Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, Morocco

Tomas Eneroth

Minister for Infrastructure, Sweden

Tomas Eneroth is Minister for Infrastructure of Sweden since July 2017, responsible for transport and infrastructure in the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation. He studied sociology and political science at Växjö University College. Before being appointed Minister for Infrastructure Mr Eneroth was Parliamentary Group Leader for the Social Democratic Party (2014–2017). Mr Eneroth has been a Member of Parliament since 1994 and during this time he has filled several different positions in different policy areas, including Chairman of the Committee on Social Insurance and Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Industry and Trade. He was a political adviser in the Ministry of Education between 1996 and 2002, and State Secretary in the same Ministry in 1999.

Gloria Hutt Hesse

Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Chile

Ms. Hutt Hesse holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Catholic University of Chile and she has completed International Finance and Business Administration programs at Georgetown University. She was a Professor for the Master’s in Public Policy program in the School of Economics and Business of University of Chile. From June 2014 to January 2018, she was a partner of Quiz Consulting, specializing in transportation studies. She was a member of the board of directors of the Mejillones port facilities company Complejo Portuario Mejillones and consultant for the think tank Consejo de Políticas de Infraestructura and think tank Horizontal. For 12 years, Ms. Hutt Hesse was a partner and Regional Director for Latin America at Steer Davies Gleave, a prestigious British consulting firm specializing in transportation. There she was in charge of operations in Chile, Colombia, and Puerto Rico, and later broadened the presence of the company to Brazil and Mexico. She was a founder member and also the coordinator and general manager for the Evópoli political party. From 2010 to 2014 she acted as Transportation Viceminister. During her office, she coordinated the creation of the National Transportation Policy and development master plans for public transportation and national port and rail systems, proposing a long-term vision for Chilean transportation. A year ago Gloria Hutt Hesse became Minister of Transport and Telecommunications in Chile. In her spare time, she does gardening and follows her passion of designing sewing.

Cecile Texier

Sustainability & CSR Vice President
Alstom

Cécile Texier is the Sustainability & CSR Vice-President of Alstom, a key player in the transport sector, developing and delivering sustainable solutions focused on shared and electrical mobility. Cécile drives the Sustainability, CSR and Climate strategy, 3-year plan and policies, local communities investment programs, sustainability in marketing activities, extra-financial reporting and dialog with stakeholders. In 2018, she was also appointed Global Diversity Champion of the Company.

She initially joined Alstom Group as Environment Health and Safety analyst in 2005 to manage corporate Energy and CO2 programs. She had previous experience as environmental auditor at KPMG, leading assessments of environmental issues in the frame of merger and acquisition projects and verification of extra-financial data, and at the French National Institute for Environment and Risks (INERIS) where she started her career as environmental management consultant in 1997. She is also a Board member of the Alstom Foundation.

Cécile Texier holds a Civil Engineer degree from Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France.

 

Rafał Weber

State Secretary
Ministry of Infrastructure of the Republic of Poland

Rafał Weber is responsible for matters related to road transport, public roads and road safety. Since 2015, he is a member of the Parliament. There, he is a member of the parliamentary committee of infrastructure and national defense commissions.

From 2014 he was the deputy director of the Provincial Traffic Center in Tarnobrzeg (Poland). In 2010-2014 and 2014-2015, the councilor of the City Council in Stalowa Wola (Poland). Mr. Weber is a graduate of the Higher School of Law and Administration in Rzeszów (Poland)

Dragos-Virgil Titea

Secretary of State and Minister of Transport, Romania

Dragos-Virgil TITEA’s third tenure as Secretary of State at the Ministry of Transport Romania started in 2018. His successive appointments rely on his in-depth interdisciplinary education and professional career in public/ private administration in the transport field, encompassing transport law, aviation and rail sectors and not only.

Dragos-Virgil TITEA holds a JD/LLB degree with the Bucharest University-Faculty of Law, along with post-university certifications in civil aviation security- airport access, monitoring and supervision, civil aviation internal quality audit and security management, as well as in internal affairs, classified information protection, security and governance.

His professional career comprises extensive mandates as a legal/administrative manager at the Romanian Administration of Air Traffic Services (ROMATSA R.A.), and a member of the Administration Board/Shareholders General Assembly at ROMATSA, as well as at the Romanian National Railway Company and the Telecommunications Society of the Romanian National Railway Company.

Saša Dalipagić

Acting Minister of Transport, Bosnia

Saša Dalipagić was born on 20 May 1950 in Kakanj. He attended primary and secondary school (Gymnasium) in Mostar and graduated from the Road Transport College in Zagreb in 1975 earning the degree as road transport engineer. 

1997 – 2015 until he was appointed Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Communications and Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina he worked with the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton as Inspector for Road Traffic and Supervision of the Construction and Maintenance of Road Infrastructure. He has also been engaged as Traffic Court-Appointed Expert, having completed in that capacity a large number of expert reports for the courts in this Canton.

 

James Grabert

Director, Sustainable Development Mechanisms Programme
United Nations Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC)

Mr. Grabert has worked for the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC) for more than 20 years. He heads the Sustainable Development Mechanisms Programme of the UNFCCC, leading the work on market-based approaches to climate change mitigation. Prior to 2006 he served as a greenhouse gas emissions specialist and worked in numerous expert groups of the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In addition, he also currently leads the secretariat’s work on Global Climate Action in supporting Non-State-Actors’ efforts towards the Paris Agreement. Before joining the United Nations, he was an industry and regional analyst for the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland.

Mr. Grabert holds a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from Wheaton College, Masters of International Economics from the Institut de Hautes Études Internationales in Geneva, and has undertaken post-graduate studies in Management at Stanford University, University of Navarra (IESE) and London Business School, and in Development at Harvard University.


Panel Session

Connecting vehicles and infrastructure

Hall 2, Level +1

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
11:00 - 12:30

Connected vehicles communicate with infrastructure and other vehicles surrounding them to provide the driver with information for travel decisions. This session will focus on connectivity technologies that will transform road transport in the coming years, including vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technology. It will examine issues for passenger as well as freight traffic, including technological requirements for connectivity, international standardisation, safety and enforcement implications. Possible funding sources for implementation will also be discussed.

Key facts:

  • Vehicle connectivity is paving the way for enhanced navigation, real-time traffic and parking information, streaming info-tainment and integration between dashboards, smartphones and wearable devices. (International Organization for Standardization,  On the road to transport connectivity, https://www.iso.org/news/2016/09/Ref2114.html [28])
  • Up to 84% of annual vehicles sold globally in 2035 could be connected and/or autonomous according to market forecasts. (Transport Systems Catapult, Market Forecast for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, July 2017 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/642813/15780_TSC_Market_Forecast_for_CAV_Report_FINAL.pdf [29]

 

Lead questions:

  • What are the technological and standardisation requirements for connected vehicles of the future? What is the role of international cooperation in this?
  • What are possible funding options for implementation of V2V and V2I connectivity in passenger and freight transport fleets?
  • How can related communication, data storage and sharing be accomplished in a controlled and secure manner?
  • What are the enforcement implications and how could the connectivity of the vehicles be used to enhance their operational performance as a part of the supply chain? What are the benefits to logistics?

 

Background reading:

  • Smart Use of Roads, ITF Report, https://www.itf-oecd.org/smart-use-roads [30] 
  • Data-led Governance of Road Freight Transport: Improving Compliance, https://www.itf-oecd.org/data-led-governance-road-freight-transport [31]
  • Commercial Vehicle On-Board Safety Systems Roundtable, https://www.itf-oecd.org/commercial-vehicle-safety-systems-roundtable [32]
  • Safer Roads with Automated Vehicles? https://www.itf-oecd.org/safer-roads-automated-vehicles-0 [33]
  • Automated and Autonomous Driving, https://www.itf-oecd.org/automated-and-autonomous-driving [34]
  • Policies to Extend the Life of Road Assets, https://www.itf-oecd.org/policies-extend-life-road-assets [35] 

 

Shailen P. Bhatt

President and CEO
Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America)

As its chief executive, Bhatt promotes policies that advance the development and deployment of intelligent transportation technologies throughout the United States. He has testified before Congress about the positive safety impact of intelligent transportation technologies, including connected and automated vehicles. Bhatt is a leading voice in transportation on technology’s ability to save lives and reduce crashes on U.S. roadways. He speaks extensively about the importance of vehicles to communicate with each other and all roadway users as one of the best ways to improve safety and reduce congestion. He is also passionate about reducing transportation’s carbon footprint and the need to provide seamless mobility and transportation choices to people no matter where they live. Bhatt was appointed as a transportation leader by three governors. While serving as Executive Director for the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), the agency launched the Road X program, which is focused on deploying innovative technology solutions such as connected vehicles and teaming with the private sector to shape the future of transportation. Prior to CDOT, Bhatt was Cabinet Secretary for the Delaware Department of Transportation. He was also a presidential appointee at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Bhatt has served as Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) and the Executive Committee of the I-95 Corridor Coalition; he was a member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Agenda Council on the Future of Automotive and Personal Transport. Bhatt graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Western Kentucky University. He lives with his wife and two young daughters in Washington, DC.

Patrick Mallejacq

Secretary General
World Road Association (PIARC)

Information pending. 

Axel Threlfall

Editor-at-Large
Reuters

Axel Threlfall is Editor-at-Large, Reuters, based in London. Alongside his editorial duties, he hosts high-profile engagements and thought leadership events for and on behalf of Reuters and Thomson Reuters, such as the Newsmaker series and the World Economic Forum news programs in Davos. He was previously Lead European Anchor for Reuters Digital Video. Prior to joining Reuters, Axel spent four years as an anchor for CNBC in London. Before that, he was an editor with The Wall Street Journal in New York and a news reporter for Bloomberg in London. He has also advised businesses and NGOs on their dealings with the international media. Axel is frequently asked to moderate events for international organizations, including the United Nations and the OECD. He has a BA in History from Durham University and a postgraduate degree in journalism from City University, London.

Christoph Bergdolt

Vice President, Product and Technology
Swarco AG

Mr. Christoph Bergdolt is the Vice President for Product and Technology in Swarco AG Group. In his position he is responsible for all the product companies of the ITS division and corporate Innovation and Technology. Areas of activities cover most of the ITS domain ranging from smart mobility, urban traffic control, highways and tunnels, car parking, e-mobility to public transport.

Christoph has more than 20 years’ experience in managing director positions, global sales and business development in the transportation sector. He hold executive positions at Siemens (Member of the Siemens One Board Airports / Transportation), Atos and other global enterprises. He has a cross-cultural sensitivity with broad academic foundation, in Law and Master in Business Administration (International Business).

Jean Baptiste Burtscher

External Affairs Project Officer
Valeo

Session

Women's travel and participation in regional transport systems

Fishbowl session

Hall 3, Level +1

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
11:00 - 12:30

Travel patterns of women differ from those of men in developed and developing countries alike, and in both rural and urban areas. These differences are evident in modal choice, time of travel, trip purpose, routes, trip chains, and travel distance. These distinctions stem from systemic differences in access to resources, household responsibilities, travel preferences, safety concerns, and social norms surrounding mobility for women. As a result, women experience unique time and resource constraints with respect to their travel activities. They also face safety and security issues that are more acute and pervasive than for men. Socio-economic gender disparities tend to be self-reinforcing, as mobility itself provides access to sources of income, education, healthcare, and other opportunities. A better understanding of women’s travel patterns can inform transport planning and policies which enhance connectivity for women and help them reap the social and economic benefits associated with it. This session will examine gender-specific aspects of mobility.

Key facts:

 

  • Although men make longer trips, women make more frequent, shorter and more complex trips , with many cities reporting over 50% of public transport trips being made by women;
  • Women prefer trains, buses, taxis and walking or cycling, over private vehicles (Ng, W. and A. Acker. (2018) Understanding Urban Travel Behaviour by Gender for Efficient and Equitable Transport Policies, International Transport Forum Discussion Paper No. 2018-01) https://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/urban-travel-behaviour-gender.pdf [36]  [36]
  • In Europe, the transport workforce is 22% female despite women accounting for 46% of the total workforce  (https://www.governmenteuropa.eu/women-in-transport-eu-platform-change/85971/ [37])

 

Lead questions:

 

  • What economic and social benefits will improved mobility for women bring?
  • What actions should be prioritised to improve the mobility needs of women in developed countries?
  • What actions should be prioritised to enhance mobility for women in less developed economies?

 

Background reading:

  • Women’s Safety and Security:  A Public Transport Priority https://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/womens-safety-security_0.pdf [38]
  • Understanding Urban Travel Behaviour by Gender for Efficient and Equitable Transport Policies https://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/urban-travel-behaviour-gender.pdf [36]
  • Gender and Transport https://www.itf-oecd.org/sites/default/files/docs/dp201111.pdf [39]
  • Women’s Issues in Transportation: Bridging the Gap https://wiit-paris2014.sciencesconf.org/conference/wiit-paris2014/pages/Proceedings_The_5th_International_Conference_on_WIiT.pdf [40]
  • Research on Women's Issues in Transportation, Volume 1: Conference Overview and Plenary Papers https://www.nap.edu/catalog/23274/research-on-womens-issues-in-transportation-volume-1-conference-overview-and-plenary-papers [41]
  • Gender Equality and Mobility: Mind the Gap! Civitas Policy Note https://civitas.eu/sites/default/files/civ_pol-an2_m_web.pdf [42]

Juliette Foster

Moderator, Broadcaster, Journalist and Businesswoman

Juliette Foster is an award-winning broadcaster and businesswoman. She has worked for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) and has anchored flagship programmes at Bloomberg Television, Sky News and BBC World Service Television.

Diego Diaz

President
SNCF International

Since 2013 Diego DIAZ has held the positions of President of SNCF International and International Director of SNCF MOBILITES.

Diego DIAZ began his career as a Product and Project Manager for Thales Avionics before joining Bombardier Transportation where he held several leadership positions in the Services and Light Rail Divisions before being appointed Director of Strategy, Marketing & Sales.

Mr. Diaz holds a Master of Science in Aeronautics & Astronautics from M.I.T (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), a Master of Business Administration from the M.I.T Sloan School of Management and a French engineering degree from the “Institut Supérieur de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace” (ISAE-SUPAERO). 

Karla Gonzalez Carvajal

Manager for Europe and Lead Manager for the Gender Agenda in the Transport Sector
The World Bank

Ms. Carvajal is a specialist in the subject of negotiation and alternative dispute resolution. She obtained her MBA with an emphasis on Marketing at the University of San Diego in California and holds a degree in Law from the University of Costa Rica. Her work over the last decade has provided her with extensive experience in the area of public service. She has specialized in Alternative Conflict Resolution Methods and is currently a member of the Centro Internacional de Arbitraje y Conciliación Comercial (International Center for Arbitration and Commercial Conciliation). She was a member of Road Safety Committee, which is led by the Fundación Internacional de Automovilismo (International Automobile Foundation). As Minister of Public Works and Transportation in Costa Rica she achieved a fourfold increase in the investment of public works, the resumption of construction at the national airport, which was stalled due to conflicts, the transformation of the driver’s license system, the promotion of a new traffic law and the inclusion of road safety components in the design of road infrastructure. She is currently Transport Sector Manager for South Asia at the World Bank. Karla is also leading the Gender Task Force for the World Bank's Transport Global Practice, working to operationalize the gender agenda in the transport sector.

Bipasha Baruah

Professor & Canada Research Chair in Global Women’s Issues
The University of Western Ontario

Dr. Bipasha Baruah conducts interdisciplinary research on gender, development and globalization; women and work; and social, political and economic inequality. Dr. Baruah’s current research focuses on climate change and social justice. It aims broadly to understand how to ensure that a global low-carbon economy will be more gender equitable and socially just than its fossil-fuel based predecessor. Dr. Baruah frequently serves as an expert reviewer and consultant on gender equality issues to international development and environmental protection organizations.

 

Mattias Landgren

State Secretary, Ministry for Infrastructure, Sweden

Mattias Landgren is State Secretary to Tomas Eneroth, Minister for Infrastructure. He holds a Master’s Degree in Law from Uppsala University. Prior to serving as State Secretary, Mr. Landgren held various positions at the public sector, including: Political Adviser at the Prime Minister's Office, Chief Legal Officer at the Building Workers' Union and Collective Agreements Expert and Head of Section at Unionen (trade union). He has also worked as a law lecturer at Stockholm University.

Heather Thompson

CEO
Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

Heather Thompson brings decades of experience in the environmental non-profit sector to ITDP. Most recently, she has been advising clients, including the Asian Development Bank, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and the Environmental Defense Fund, in designing strategies that will have a large-scale impact. Ms. Thompson has been involved with ITDP for many years, initially as co-founder and Vice President of programs for ClimateWorks. Ms. Thompson has sat on the ITDP board of directors for the last eight years, serving as board chair for the last two years. She holds a MSc in environmental economics from the University of York, U.K. and a B.S. in biological sciences from the University of California, San Diego.

Rana Kortam

Global Head of Women’s Safety Public Policy
Uber

Rana Kortam is the Global Head of Women’s Safety Public Policy for Uber. She leads the company’s efforts around the issue, working with governments, researchers, NGO’s, as well as local policy teams in over 60 countries Uber operates in. Her passion is ensuring women find a safe ride and a flexible way to earn income in Uber.

A born and raised Egyptian, she previously led public policy for Uber in Egypt, shaping the future of regulation for the budding tech ecosystem.

 

A techie at heart, Rana graduated Summa Cum Laude from the American University in Cairo with a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering. Prior to joining Uber, she led developer relations for Google in the Middle East and Africa, before managing public policy for British American Tobacco in North Africa. Straddling the worlds of tech and policy, and a serious zeal for everything women empowerment, she is an expert in several public policy issues, including women’s mobility and safety, gender based violence especially in transport and public spaces, gender equality and economic enablement.


Open Stage Café

Open Stage Café

ITF Stand

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
11:00 - 12:30

Official Side Event

The Belt & Road: Delivering Sustainable Transport for EurAsia

Organised by the IRF, BSEC and CHTS

Hall 4, Level +1

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
11:00 - 12:30

logos.PNG [43]

Launched in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) aims to alter the socio-economic landscape along the Silk Road linking Asia and Europe. The first phase of these multi-billion dollar infrastructure investments focuses on developing and modernising means of transport covering highways, railways, ports, airports and pipelines. This “Modern Silk Road”, for which China invests several billions of dollar a year, aims to make Eurasia a thriving economic trading area. To advance this cause, China has entered into bilateral agreements with most of the countries from Eastern Europe to Southeast Asia.

Current estimates for required funding range between USD 4 to 10 trillion for the coming decade. To date, most financing has been provided by governments and multilateral and commercial banks. However, as this is finite, private investors, typically reluctant to allocate resources to riskier long-term projects, must be sufficiently encouraged to invest and yields must therefore be attractive. Besides funding, substantial reforms, such as improving financial integration and trade liberalisation, must be implemented within and outside of China. This session contributes to the BRI debate by discussing key questions: 1. What measures must be implemented to incentivise investments in these projects? 2. What is required to create conducive environments for the development of sustainable transport infrastructure projects? 3. How can international cooperation and coordination be maximised?

 

SESSION ORGANISER: International Road Federation (IRF)

SESSION CO-ORGANISERS:

  • China Highway and Transportation Society (CHTS)
  • Black Sea Economic Commission (BSEC)

 

Speakers: 

  • Mehmet Cahit TURHAN, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Turkey
  • Kiran K. KAPILA, Chairman, International Road Federation
  • Guangzhe CHEN, Senior Director, Transport Global Practice, World Bank Group
  • Michael B. CHRISTIDES, Secretary General, BSEC
  • Nicolas BEAUMONT, Senior Vice President Sustainable Development and Mobility, Michelin Group
  • Supee TERAVANINTHORN, Director General, Investment Operations, AIIB 
  • Adefunke ADEYEMI, Regional Director for Advocacy and Strategic Relations for Africa, IATA 
  • Julien GHATA, Partner, PwC Luxembourg
  • Susanna ZAMMATARO, Director General, International Road Federation 

 

Speakers Biographies:

here [44]

PDF icon here [45]

Programme overview available: PDF icon here [46]

Contact person:  Ms. Julia Funk – Data and Programme Manager, IRF at jfunk@irfnet.ch [47]

 


Closed Event
  • lock_open Restricted participation

Mobility Board of Stewards

Organised by the World Economic Forum and Germany

Hall 5, Level +1

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
12:00 - 13:45

Closed Event
  • lock_open Restricted participation

RFC Rhine-Alpine CEOs' Meeting

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
12:00 - 16:30

Session
  • Lunchtime Session

Leading the change towards greater diversity in transport

Networking lunch session jointly hosted by ITF, TUMI Women Mobilize Women, UITP and the World Bank

MPA4, Level 0

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
12:30 - 14:00

A Summit networking lunch around the theme of “Leading the change towards greater diversity in transport” will be jointly hosted by ITF, TUMI Women Mobilize Women, International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and the World Bank (Partners).

This session aims to highlight the role of leaders - women and men - in transforming the sector and promoting greater diversity in transport. It will be an opportunity for all stakeholders to share current developments and recent and planned initiatives on enhancing gender diversity in transport. The outcomes of this session/ key messages will be published in the 2019 ITF Compendium on Women in Transport and in other relevant channels by the Partners.

The luncheon will gather approximately 100 participants, representing governments, international organisations, business, civil society, media and academia in order to provide a wide range of perspective on the topic and encourage exchange and debate.

The participants will be seated at round tables (8-10 participants per table); each table will be hosted by discussion leaders.

Discussion leaders:

  • Muneeza Alam, Transport Economist, The World Bank
  • Guangzhe Chen, Senior Director, Transport Global Practice, The World Bank
  • Sandra LaFortune, Director General, International Relations and Trade Policy, Transport Canada
  • Mohamed Mezghani, Secretary General, International Association of Public Transport (UITP)
  • Magdalena Olczak-Rancitelli, Manger, Summit and Institutional Relations, ITF
  • Vera Scholz, Director, Division Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure, GIZ
  • Cecil Texier, Sustainability & CSR Vice-President of Alstom
  • Sheila Watson, Sheila Watson, Deputy Director & Director of Environment and Research, FIA Foundation
  • Asa Vagland, Senior Advisor, Transport Markets Division, Ministry of Infrastructure Government Offices of Sweden

 

Ali Aslan

TV host and journalist

Ali Aslan is an international television presenter, moderator and journalist. His career has included working for global news networks such as CNN, ABC News, Channel News Asia and Deutsche Welle TV.

Guangzhe Chen

Director
World Bank

Mr. Chen assumed the role of Senior Director for the Transport Global Practice (GP), within the Infrastructure Vice-Presidency at the World Bank Group, in November 2018. In this position, he leads the formulation and implementation of strategy and programs for sustainable road, urban, rail, logistics, water and air transport, as well as key cross-cutting agendas such as road safety, climate adaptation/mitigation, gender, human capital development, disruptive technologies and financing. He has a leading role in the global Sustainable Mobility for All initiative, that gathers over 50 foremost international development organizations and key sector players to set the framework for sector coordination and development impact. Mr. Chen supports the development and delivery of knowledge and financing programs to country clients, overseeing a total portfolio of roughly $40 billion, in over 180 projects in more than 100 countries. He leads a team of some 250 specialists from over 80 nationalities, based in more than 40 countries.A Chinese national, Mr. Chen holds a graduate degree in Economics from Harvard University, USA, and B.A. in Economics from Zhongshan (Sun Yat-Sen) University, Guangzhou, China.

Cecile Texier

Sustainability & CSR Vice President
Alstom

Cécile Texier is the Sustainability & CSR Vice-President of Alstom, a key player in the transport sector, developing and delivering sustainable solutions focused on shared and electrical mobility. Cécile drives the Sustainability, CSR and Climate strategy, 3-year plan and policies, local communities investment programs, sustainability in marketing activities, extra-financial reporting and dialog with stakeholders. In 2018, she was also appointed Global Diversity Champion of the Company.

She initially joined Alstom Group as Environment Health and Safety analyst in 2005 to manage corporate Energy and CO2 programs. She had previous experience as environmental auditor at KPMG, leading assessments of environmental issues in the frame of merger and acquisition projects and verification of extra-financial data, and at the French National Institute for Environment and Risks (INERIS) where she started her career as environmental management consultant in 1997. She is also a Board member of the Alstom Foundation.

Cécile Texier holds a Civil Engineer degree from Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France.

 

Mohamed Mezghani

Secretary General
International Association of Public Transport (UITP)

Mohamed Mezghani has been working for more than 25 years in public transport and urban mobility related fields. He has been elected Secretary General of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and will be taking office on 1/01/2018. He has been Deputy Secretary General of UITP the since January 2014. Until then, he has worked at UITP as Senior Manager (1999-2001) and Knowledge Director (2001-2006) chairing the department developing knowledge-related services for UITP members: professional training, research projects, thematic studies, technical advice, conferences, networking activities, information centre, etc. From 2006 till 2013, he has worked as independent consultant and Adviser to UITP on several technical assistance and training projects in Africa and the Middle-East and managed a number of projects involving numerous experts and multidisciplinary teams. Before joining UITP, M. Mezghani has been working as consultant in the French group, BCEOM, (from 1990 to 1999) more particularly in the urban mobility field. He has managed and carried out projects including policy definition, technical assistance and research activities in several countries in Europe, sub-Saharan Africa and Arab countries. During his collaboration with the French Agency for Environment and Energy Management, ADEME, (from 1988-1990), M. Mezghani carried out actions aimed at identifying and evaluating transport energy efficiency projects likely to be financed by the Agency in France. He has been graduated in Industrial Engineering (1987) from Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis, Tunisia and has a Master in Transport (1988) from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France.

Vera Scholz

Director Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure
GIZ

Vera Scholz is Director Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure within GIZ where she started to work in 1999. She is working in development cooperation since 20 years. Her areas of expertise are climate change, management of natural resources, infrastructure (energy, transport and water), voluntary social and environmental standards, corporate social responsibility and public private partnerships for sustainable development.  She has been working in Asia (India) and Africa (Kenya). Vera Scholz has a master in political science with focus on international relations.

Mary Crass

Head Institutional Relations and Summit, International Transport Forum

Mary Crass is Head of Institutional Relations and Summit for the Paris-based International Transport Forum, an intergovernmental organisation linked to the OECD. She is responsible for the ITF’s relations with Member countries, international organisations and associations, and the annual International Transport Forum Summit in Leipzig each May https://www.itf-oecd.org/ [48]. She has contributed to the organisation’s work on sustainable urban travel, accessible transport and social inclusion, and crime and terrorism issues in transport. She served as sherpa to the ITF Secretary General on the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Urban Transport, and was on the drafting committee for the final report of that group delivered to UN Secretary General in October 2016.

 

She recently chaired the International Road Transport Association’s (IRU) Future of the Taxi Reflection Group and is currently co-chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Accessible Transportation Committee - subcommittee on Policy and Practice.

 

Prior to joining the OECD, Ms. Crass worked as a private consultant focusing on transport and environment issues for among others the UN Environment Programme, the European Commission and OECD, as well as private enterprise. She was previously with a U.S.-based environmental consulting firm specialising in environmental technical assistance work in developing countries and emerging economies.

 

Ms. Crass has a Masters Degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) with specialisations in international economics and energy and environment policy and a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.


Official Side Event

Safety for Vulnerable Road Users – New challenges of modern Mobility

Organised by DEKRA

Hall 4, Level +1

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
12:45 - 13:45

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Road safety is essential to the sustainability of transportation. Vehicles and roads are becoming safer, and the number of serious accidents has declined. However, there is no reason to rest on our laurels. The fact is: there are still too many fatalities and serious injuries to understand and eliminate dangers requires root cause research, which lead to concrete recommendations for action. DEKRA accident research has been dedicated to this for 40 years now. 

There is a large group of vulnerable road users, like children, pedestrians or motor cyclists, who are confronted by special dangers. Often, they cannot properly assess certain traffic situation. Furthermore, the modern way of mobility includes much more challenges which has to be focused than in the past. There are new possibilities for road users to move, for example pedelecs, electric bikes and scooters. On the one hand it increases the level of mobility, but on the other hand the potential risks for accidents grow as well.   

This side event provides an overview of these challenges by Clemens Klinke, Member of the Board of Management DEKRA SE. Together with international experts on road safety, current challenges of modern way of mobility will be discussed and suggestions for action will be given. You are welcome to join the discussion as part of the auditorium.  " 

 

Speakers: 

  • Volker Noeske, Head of DEKRA Technology Center
  • Saul Billingsley, Executive Director, FIA Foundation
  • Guido Ensemeier, Department Manager for traffic and urban development of Kerpen (Germany)

Moderator:

  • Véronique Feypell de la Beaumelle, Manager of the Road Safety Programme, International Transport Forum

 

Contact person: M. Jeremy Scheibe, Research Assistant, Jeremy.Scheibe@dekra.com [50]

 

 

 


Session
  • Lunchtime Session

Decarbonising Transport: Towards a catalogue of effective measures

ITF in Focus session

Hall 2, Level +1

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
12:45 - 13:45

The ITF’s Decarbonising Transport initiative is a global, data-driven, multi-stakeholder initiative of over 70 key stakeholders to support the transition to carbon neutral transport. It is the ITF’s major contribution to better understanding of how to ensure a low-carbon future for transport.

This initiative aims to build capacity to help close the gaps between climate commitments and carbon dioxide (CO2) reductions that mitigation actions will deliver on their strategic objectives by providing the best possible assessment of the impact of given mitigation policies.

This session will feature the ITF’s Decarbonising Transport initiative and the various related project outcomes; it  will highlight existing and upcoming work streams and activities across different topics and regions.

 

Key facts:

  • Transport activity currently contributes 23% of global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels. This share is expected to rise over coming years.
  • Motorised mobility in cities is set to double between 2015 and 2050, rising by 41% to 2030 and 94% by 2050.

 

Key questions:

  • What are the potential political pathways towards achieving decarbonisation of transport?
  • What are the roles of the different transport stakeholders in achieving our goals?
  • As we move forward, how can we take stock and positively inform the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), due in 2020?

 

Background:

ITF Decarbonising Transport initiative [51]

 

Stientje van Veldhoven

State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management
The Netherlands

Stientje van Veldhoven began her career in 1997 as personal assistant to Elly Plooij van Gorsel, a member of the European Parliament for the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). From 1999 to 2003 she served as an innovation policy officer at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. From 2003 she worked at the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the European Union as first secretary for research policy and as scientific and technological attaché. In 2007 Ms Van Veldhoven became a policy advisor at the European Commission, focusing on the coordination of intergovernmental initiatives. From 2009 to 2010 she was unit coordinator for the Zuidvleugel Randstad region at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. On 17 June 2010 Ms Van Veldhoven became a member of the House of Representatives for Democrats ’66 (D66), with policy responsibility for issues including sustainability, mobility, climate and energy, development cooperation, and agriculture, nature and food quality. From 2012 to 2017 she served as a member of the presidium and secretary to the D66 parliamentary party. On 26 October 2017 Stientje van Veldhoven was appointed State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management in the third Rutte government.

Umberto de Pretto

Secretary General
International Road Transport Union (IRU)

Umberto de Pretto is the Secretary General of the International Road Transport Union (IRU). He joined the IRU in 1995 as Head of Economic Affairs. He then became Policy Coordinator and Head of Strategy, and was appointed Deputy Secretary General in 2002. His vision looking forward to 2020 is that the IRU will lead the road transport industry in embracing innovation and making sure that the industry is ready for the challenges and opportunities ahead. After graduating from Ottawa’s Carleton University in Political Science, Economics and International Relations, he worked as a Legislative Assistant for Ministers and Members of the Canadian Parliament and then moved to Paris in 1992 to take on the position of Head of the Transport Division, to be shortly afterwards named Deputy Director of the International Chamber of Commerce, responsible for International Commercial Practices and Techniques.

Gloria Hutt Hesse

Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Chile

Ms. Hutt Hesse holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Catholic University of Chile and she has completed International Finance and Business Administration programs at Georgetown University. She was a Professor for the Master’s in Public Policy program in the School of Economics and Business of University of Chile. From June 2014 to January 2018, she was a partner of Quiz Consulting, specializing in transportation studies. She was a member of the board of directors of the Mejillones port facilities company Complejo Portuario Mejillones and consultant for the think tank Consejo de Políticas de Infraestructura and think tank Horizontal. For 12 years, Ms. Hutt Hesse was a partner and Regional Director for Latin America at Steer Davies Gleave, a prestigious British consulting firm specializing in transportation. There she was in charge of operations in Chile, Colombia, and Puerto Rico, and later broadened the presence of the company to Brazil and Mexico. She was a founder member and also the coordinator and general manager for the Evópoli political party. From 2010 to 2014 she acted as Transportation Viceminister. During her office, she coordinated the creation of the National Transportation Policy and development master plans for public transportation and national port and rail systems, proposing a long-term vision for Chilean transportation. A year ago Gloria Hutt Hesse became Minister of Transport and Telecommunications in Chile. In her spare time, she does gardening and follows her passion of designing sewing.

Clara de la Torre

Director, DG Research and Innovation
European Commission

Since 1 February 2016, Clara de la Torre is appointed Director for 'Transport' in the Directorate-General for Research & Innovation at the European Commission, marking the forth assignment at such position in the course of last 8 years. Previously, starting in 2014, she was responsible for the dossier 'Key Enabling Technologies', following a 3-years' appointment as Director in the field of 'Research and Innovation.'  In her first post as a Director, from 2008 to 2010, she was in charge of 'Inter-institutional and legal matters related to the Framework Programme' at the European Commission.

After a couple of years in private sector, her professional career was focussing on the research policies which became the springboard to working opportunities at the European Commission in 1987. In the late 90's, she was dealing with 'National Research Policies & Intergovernmental Cooperation.' She was also working at the EU Joint Research Centre both in Brussels and Seville, where she was Advisor to the Director of the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies. 

Clara de la Torre has a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid.

Sharon Masterson

Manager, Corporate Partnership Board
International Transport Forum

With over 20 years’ international experience in the technology and transportation and sectors, Sharon Masterson currently works with the International Transport Forum (ITF)  at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an intergovernmental organisation of 59 member countries to facilitate global dialogue for better transport. In her role with the Corporate Partnership Board, the ITF’s platform for engaging with the private sector, she works with leading global enterprises to ensure transport policy discussions are enriched with a business perspective. Prior to joining the OECD in 2009, she spent ten years in commercial and operational management positions in Groupe Air France, Paris and Dublin and worked as Area Manager Benelux for a company supporting US tech companies launch in Europe. She worked as Business Development Manager in a tech startup and has also spent a number of years in Germany at Würth GmbH & Co. KG.

James Grabert

Director, Sustainable Development Mechanisms Programme
United Nations Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC)

Mr. Grabert has worked for the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC) for more than 20 years. He heads the Sustainable Development Mechanisms Programme of the UNFCCC, leading the work on market-based approaches to climate change mitigation. Prior to 2006 he served as a greenhouse gas emissions specialist and worked in numerous expert groups of the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In addition, he also currently leads the secretariat’s work on Global Climate Action in supporting Non-State-Actors’ efforts towards the Paris Agreement. Before joining the United Nations, he was an industry and regional analyst for the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland.

Mr. Grabert holds a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from Wheaton College, Masters of International Economics from the Institut de Hautes Études Internationales in Geneva, and has undertaken post-graduate studies in Management at Stanford University, University of Navarra (IESE) and London Business School, and in Development at Harvard University.


Open Stage Café

Open Stage Café

ITF Stand

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
12:45 - 13:45

Closed Event
  • lock_open Restricted participation

TUMI Partners Meeting

Organised by TUMI

Messehaus – M8

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
13:00 - 14:30

Plenary Session

Connecting global regions for sustainable economic growth

Opening remarks by the 2019 ITF Presidency Korea

Hall 1, Level +1

Wednesday, 22 May 2019
14:00 - 16:00

Around the globe, between countries, from city to city, or to the other side of town, good transport infrastructure and efficient mobility services bring people together and goods to their markets. The connectivity that transport provides widens horizons and opens up opportunities. It builds stronger communities and expands their reach. It strengthens our economies and helps our societies to prosper.

The Opening Plenary session will set a scene for the Summit debates that will explore how better transport connectivity can help integrate regions - from local communities and cities to global regions - and enable the achievement of economic, social, and environmental goals.

Panel discussion:

  • How does better transport connectivity engender more sustainable development in global regions?
  • How does improved connectivity impact wider economic growth, in particular, with regard to investment, trade, and tourism?
  • How can governments better incentivise increased investment in infrastructure for better connectivity?
  • What is the role of international cooperation in supporting and improving connectivity on a global level?

The Opening Plenary will be preceded by opening remarks from the Minister of Republic of Korea, the 2019 presidency country of ITF, the Minister of Germany for the host country and the ITF Secretary-General.

 

Pat Cox

Moderator, Journalist and former President of the European Parliament

Pat Cox has been President of the European Parliament Former Members’ Association (2010-2014), President of the European Movement International (2005-2011), a former President of the European Parliament (2002-2004), and Member of the European Parliament (1989-2004). Between 1998 and 2002 he was President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) Group European Parliament. Prior to this Cox was a current affairs television broadcaster for RTE, Ireland's national broadcaster, from 1982 to 1986 and Secretary General Progressive Democrat Party (Ireland) between 1986 and 1989.

Andreas Scheuer

Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
Germany

Andreas Scheuer is Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure of Germany since March 2018. He studied political science, economics and sociology at Passau University, graduating with the degree of Magister Artium in 2001. In 2004 he got an award of a doctorate by the Charles University in Prague. Mr Scheuer has been Member of the German Bundestag since 2002. From 2009 to 2013 he was Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development and Federal Government Coordinator for Freight Transport and Logistics. From December 2013 to March 2018 he was Secretary-General of the Christian Social Union (CSU).

Kitack Lim

Secretary-General
International Maritime Organization (IMO)

Mr. Lim was born in Masan, Gyeongsangnam-do, in the Republic of Korea. He majored in nautical science at the Korea Maritime and Ocean University (KMOU), Busan, graduating in 1977. He worked on ships as a Korean naval officer and for an international shipping company. He joined the Korea Maritime and Port Administration in 1985, while continuing with further studies at the Graduate School of Administration, Yonsei University, obtaining a Master’s Degree in 1990.  He then studied maritime administration at the World Maritime University (WMU), graduating with a master’s degree. From 1995 he attended a doctoral programme for international law at KMOU, completing course work in 1998.  Mr. Lim began attending IMO meetings as part of the Republic of Korea’s delegation in 1986 and he engaged in activities to promote maritime safety through effective implementation of IMO conventions in his country and other IMO Member States in the Asian region. He was elected Chair of IMO's Sub-Committee on Flag State Implementation (FSI - now III) in 2001 and of the Tokyo Memorandum on Port State Control in 2004.  In 2006, Mr. Lim was appointed Director General of the Maritime Safety Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM) and then as a Senior Maritime Attaché at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in London and led all IMO work for the Republic of Korea, serving as an Alternate Permanent Representative to IMO up to August 2009. Following that, he was re-appointed Director General for Maritime Safety Bureau (MLTM). In March 2011, Mr. Lim was appointed Commissioner of the Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal (KMST).  In July 2012, he assumed the position of President of Busan Port Authority, until January 2016 when he took up his appointment as Secretary-General of IMO. 

Alexandre de Juniac

Director General and CEO
International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Alexandre de Juniac became the seventh person to lead the International Air Transport Association (IATA) when he took on the role of Director General and CEO from 1 September 2016. De Juniac has almost three decades of experience in both the private and public sectors. This includes senior positions in the airline and aerospace industries and the French government. De Juniac served as Chairman and CEO of Air France-KLM (2013-2016) and prior to that as Chairman and CEO of Air France (2011-2013). Under de Juniac’s leadership Air France and Air France-KLM underwent a successful restructuring that improved efficiency and strengthened performance. He has also served on the IATA Board of Governors (2013-2016). De Juniac has broad aviation sector experience, including 14 years at French aerospace, space, defense, security and transportation company Thales, and its predecessor companies Thompson-CSF and Thompson SA (1995-2009). In his last position at Thales, de Juniac was responsible for the company’s operations and sales in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.De Juniac has also held positions in the French government. His career began with the Conseil d’Etat (State Council) from 1988 to 1993. Subsequently, he served in the Department of Budget (1993-1995); and in the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Employment as Chief of Staff to then Minister Christine Lagarde (2009-2011). A French citizen, de Juniac was born in 1962. He is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique de Paris and Ecole Nationale de l’Administration. At IATA he works from both the association’s main offices in Montreal, Canada and Geneva, Switzerland.

Violeta Bulc

European Commissioner for Mobility and Transport
European Commission

Violeta Bulc is the European Commissioner for Mobility and Transport. She has been appointed to the office in November 2014. As Commissioner, Ms Bulc has placed priority on digitalisation and innovation in transport. Ms Bulc brings a diverse set of expertise and professional experiences to the role. Immediately prior to her appointment to the European Commission, she was the Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia, with ministerial responsibility for development, strategic projects and cohesion. From 2013 to 2014, Bulc was Chief of the Program Committee of the SMC Party, Slovenia. She was also CEO of Vibacom Ltd, Sustainable Strategies and Innovation Ecosystems from 2000 to 2014. Between 1999 and 2000 she was Vice-President of Telemach, a telecommunications provider. A Slovenian citizen, Violeta Bulc earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Informatics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, as well as a Master's degree in Information Technology at the Golden Gate University of San Francisco.

Stientje van Veldhoven

State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management
The Netherlands

Stientje van Veldhoven began her career in 1997 as personal assistant to Elly Plooij van Gorsel, a member of the European Parliament for the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). From 1999 to 2003 she served as an innovation policy officer at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. From 2003 she worked at the Permanent Representation of the Netherlands to the European Union as first secretary for research policy and as scientific and technological attaché. In 2007 Ms Van Veldhoven became a policy advisor at the European Commission, focusing on the coordination of intergovernmental initiatives. From 2009 to 2010 she was unit coordinator for the Zuidvleugel Randstad region at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. On 17 June 2010 Ms Van Veldhoven became a member of the House of Representatives for Democrats ’66 (D66), with policy responsibility for issues including sustainability, mobility, climate and energy, development cooperation, and agriculture, nature and food quality. From 2012 to 2017 she served as a member of the presidium and secretary to the D66 parliamentary party. On 26 October 2017 Stientje van Veldhoven was appointed State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management in the third Rutte government.

Jeong Ryeol Kim

Vice Minister for Transport, Korea
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

Mr. Jeong Ryeol Kim was appointed as Vice Minister for Transport, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Korea in April 2018. Having joined the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport from 1989, he has been in senior positions in Transport and Logistics, Road, Public Housing Construction, Policy Planning, as well as Public Agency Relocation departments. He also has experience as visiting professor in Portland State University, USA in 2015, as well as seconded to Urban Housing Office in Gyeonggi Provincial Government, Korea.

Amani Abou-Zeid

Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy
African Union